Improvement in curtain-fixtures



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JAMES LLOYD OLIVER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 109,241, dated November 15, 1879.

IMPROVEMENT I N CURTAIN-FIXTURES. t

The Schedule refen-ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

To all to whom these presents shall come:

Be it known that I, J AMES LLOYD Omvnn, of Boston, in the county ofSuiolkand State of Massachusetts, have made au invention ot' a new anduseful Mode of Mounting or Hanging \Vindow-Curtains, or the same andtheir' rollers; and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of my invention, due reference being had to theaccompanying drawing making part of this specification, and in which-Figure l is an elevation;

Figure 2, a vertical section; and

Figure 3, a horizontal section of said invention.

This invention has reference to a novel and useful mode of mounting awindow-curtain roller, or roller and curtain, whereby the altitude ofthe saine with respect to the window'is varied and adjusted at pleasure,without interfering with the proper action of its ordinary functions,the purpose ot' suoli an invention being to enable any portion of awindow to be left uuobstructed or shaded by the curtain, as the case maybe, as well as to allow of free passage of air either above or belowsuehcurtain," or at the same time both above and below the saine.

This invention consists in mounting or swiveling eachend of acurtain-roller in a sliding block or 'car-` rier, such carriers slidingupon suitable rails or guides 'applied to opposite sides ot' thewindow-frame, by

I'neaus of which the Ialtitude of the curtain may be varied, as and forthe purposes above premised.

The drawing accompanying and illustrating this de.- scrption of myinvention exhibits, at A, the frame of a window, of which b b are theside supports or posts, o the upper cross-bar or tie, and l the sill.

In carrying out my invention in one practical form I aiiix to the innerface of each post b an upright rib or spline, c and c', while slidingupon such ribs Imount two carriers or blocks, f g, the opposite ends ofthe rollcrh being steppedV or swiveled within these carriers, asexhibited.

Although it may be found in practice that the curtain-roller It willsuiice to pioperly connect and secure the carriers j' f/ together, Iprefer to unite them by a cross-bar, i, extending across the interior ofthe window-frame, as shown in the drawing hereto annexed.

rlhe gravity of' the curtain and roller and of the carriers fg may,ofcourse, be counterbalanced by a suit-- able weight or spring in amanner which will be understood by any mechanic.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The sliding curtain-roller carriersa fg, connected as described, incombination with the posts b and ribs or splines c c on the inner facesof the same, said parts being arranged for joint operation, as shown andset forth.

JAS. L. OLIVER.

iVitnesses a FRED. CURTIS, EDWARD GRIFFITH.

